The Sun. — London, England, 1808-10-18 00:00:00

ral Wellesley moved on briskly with his whole line; leaving his artillery in the rear, and eireaed Lieut.- Colonel Maxwell, with the British' cavalry, to cover the right of the line as it advanced. By this spirited movement the enemy, in.:Spite : of their tremendous cannonade, were. soon compeelled to fail back upon their second line, in front of -the Juah river. -The 74th Regiment, which covered the right flank of the British line,, sustained so much loss from the fire of ' the enemy's cannon, that a body of cavalry was en couraged to charge it ; but the British cavalry, which was posted on the right, charged the enemy in turn with such resistless vigour, that several of their bat talions were drave into the Jilah river with prodigious slaughter. The enemy's line broken by this charge, and overawed, by the steady advance and calm un shaken belc - less of the British troops, at length gave way in every direction ; and theßritish cavalry, led 011- by the gallant Colonel- Maxwell, crossed the Jealt, and charged with' great effed the enemy's broken infantry, who fled "along its banks wiilt pre ciniiation and dismay. The smallness of the British force rendered it impracticable for General Wellesley to secure all the aavantages of his success during the heat of the ataion.; sp that several of the enemy's guns which had nnavoidably been left in his rear, as he pushed forward the attack, were now turned upon the Bri tsh army, by several of the, enemy's artillerymen, who had. thrown. themselves on the ground, and' whom the English soldiers, supposing to be dead, Itad passed unmolested. At this period of the salon, some of the enemy's battalions, which had retreated in order, faced about, and. returned the charge; whilst a brisk fire was kept up on the Bri tish troops frOm the guns in the rear, which 'had been thus turned against them; but theie battalions were, after a short but spirited contest, broken and dispersed by Colonel Maxwell, at the head of the agth Dragoons, who gloriously fell its the onset; and those parties of the enemy who had seized the guns, being,at tacked by General Wellesley in person, a .. .f the head' of the 78th Regiment and the 7th Bat talion of Sepoys, were soon compelled to abandon them though in this opera/inn-the English suffered some 'further loss, and the / General had his horse shot under hint. These attacks were decisive.: the numerous corps of the Confederates retreated in Various directions, - in the wildest_ confusion, leaving behind , theni, on the field of battle, upwards of 1200 slain, the surrounding _c'ountry strewed with their wounded, and gs pieces of cannon, 7 standards, their I,yhole camp equipage, a great number of bul- Jocks and camels, and a large quantity of ammuni tion, and other military stores in possession of the Vietors. " The loss sustained by tlie , British army was se vere; but it is a source oC,proud consolation to the country, as well as to the heroic leader of the brave men who, fell, that they have immortalized :their Memories, by having contributed to the achieve.. ment of a viaory marked with every feature of mili tary etiterprze and skill,' and produaive of political benefits of the most substantial and lasting nature. Tile talents displayed by General Wellesley, on this memorable day, were of the highest order. In his tondud were happily combined a just conception of the character and capabilities of his enemy, as well as of his own ; ail accurate knowledge of the strength Of the position which they occupied; and an enter 'prizing and daring resolution, founded on quick but instructed judgment and rational self-confidence, guided by scientific principles and prudent circum epeCtion, and kindled by a noble zeal for personal fainti and national glory. These qualities in the. British General; and the admirable discipline and. Uncommim firmness of the 4500 men whom he, cdnatnanded, enabled them to obtain this most com plete and decisive viaory over an army of at least 30,000 tnen, who fought with an impetuous and even frantic' bravery, of whom 10,000 were in fantry, Icirnied, disciplittecti . 'itnd in . part officered by Frenchaieti, and who were supported by the power ful dikb;lrge of nearly one hundred pieces of cannon, tervecl With all the ekaEtness and much of the skill "of the French artil!ery. When these circumstances itee' attentively considered, and when it is, moreover, kecolleAed that of the' English forces, 1800 only tvere Europeans, and •that the rest were natives of the same.clitnate, possessing much the same degree of bodily strength, and reared for the most part in the t:une doniestic babits and usages as the soldiers of the Mahratta army, "it will be admitted," that a more striliin , f instance has never been recorded in the inilitary";:iinais''of 'the Wbrid, of the decided su periority .of talents,' science, and discipline, over great physical force, and 'animal courage, partially organized and trained. " 0.. 'he evening of the 24th of September, Col. Step with his division , joined General Welles ley, and wcs immediately dispatched in put-Suit of the ' Several unforeseen impediment's had prevented On: j;tin-tion at the expeeled time; but ro blame et was imputable to Colonel Steven ton, '.hose roioue.i has uniformly displayed the utmost zeal, •aoitity, and spirit." • TO CCIRRESPONDENTS. :o w * The Article, a atled " A Wiiiing of Divorcement," is eTt.tetitii nnencied as an attack a Private Faultly, and therefore t:d.1110t be acithitted Igfo Tits Sun, I lie Money ioclo..ed it the Letter is lefr at the Oilice,'apd will be re. turnpd, - upon - a proper description ofthe Note being given. MA I S. ARRIV2D—Ir M.itra, r Dubhn Durs—z Gottenburgh, • z PRICE 01; I STuCKS THIS -DAY AT TVVOLV , T- O'CLOCK. Consols -66 n 0nj41411-11 ,si dis. THE SUN. 501.Z14 QUIS D/C11“. FALSUM AUDIAT ? L 0 N D 0 Ai, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1808. A Mai' reached town this morning from Si. tily. - Every thing is quiet in Italy, though it is obviouS that the 'event's which have occurred in 'qpain have produced a very Strong etre& upon the minds of the Italians. SooMAP.ja T E has 'issued a pecree, perhaps the most tyrannical that ever was L. , sued by any Tyrant, in which heforbids the - peopleof . ,„ Italy to speak about the affairs of Spain, and the se verest punishment is denounced against those who offend against this Decree. Dutch Papers to the gth inst. reached town last night ; they contain news from Paris to the 4th. The long etTeeted meeting between the Emperor of RUSSIA and BUOI+APART has 4t length taken place at Erfurth. The ,l Meeting took place on the 27th ult. Ii4,roNAPApT4 rode out of the town, attended by a number of his vassal Princes, to meet the Em peror. Nothing has . yet occurred which can atTord the slightest clue to the projeets which BUONAPARTE has formed, the execution 'of which he undoubtedly expeas to facilitate by means of this interview with ALEXANDER. A Morning : Paper that has been remarkable for the vehemence of its attacks upon the Convention in Portugal, has accused Gen. HCPE of having issued a tyrannical Proclamation in Lisbon, ordering all Taverns to be shut at six o'clock in the evening. --The simple fa& is, that it was necessary to adopt every precaution to prevent the Portuguese from putting the straggling Frenchmen to &ail), and until the Portuguese Government could assume its funCtions, the British General thought it proper to adopt measures to secure the peace of the City; and this is called an ate} of tyranny. As the fomenters of public discontent are so aelive in their attempts to produce new Meetings for the purpose of petitioning the Throne on the subject of the Convention of Cintra, we feel it out; duty to persevere in opposing efforts which can obviOusly arise from none but bad motives; since the object - has already been granted, and therefore to address the Throne again on the same subject, is positively to manifest a distrust of his MAJESTY'S gracious pro mise. Though the words in his MAJESTY'S An swer are doubtless engraved on every loyal heart, yet we shall repeat them, in order more strong ly to, convi& the mischievous spirits who are so solicitous to sow divisions among their country men, of the glaring absurdity as well as male volence of their proceedings. His MAJESTIC ' with a proper 'consciousness of that regard to justice and the honour of his Crown, which has ren dered him the object of love, gratitude, and vene ration to his SubjeCts, and of respedt to all mankind, says, in answer to the Address from the City of London—an answer that ought,' doubtless, to serve for the whole Einpire, and prevent all further im- portunity -64 I should huve hoped that recent occurrences would twee convinced you that I am at all times READY to I N sTIruT I INQUIRIES, on occasions in which the CHARACTER of the Co UNTR Y, or the UONOUIt. Of ray ARMS, is concerned, and that the interposition of the City of London could not be ne cessary for INDUCING ME tO DI REcr DUE INQUIRY tO be made into a transaction which has DISAPPOINTED the Hurts and EXPECTATIONS of the NATION." Now we put it to the reflection of any man who means well to the Country to say, whether his MA JESTY could have expressed himself with more per spicuity on the subject, and whether he does not manifest a previous determination to have the subject in question duly investigated ? And here we can not help expressing our wish that all rash, but well meaning men, who have thought unfavourably of the - Convention of Portugal, had .acted upon t he principle which has influenced' his MAJES TY on this .occasion... Our gracious Monarch does not apply any epithet to the ConVention itself, which would be pre-judging a matter that is to be the subje& of examination, but he refers to the feelings which that Convention excited in his ,Subjects—feelings in which, by his own acknow ledgment, he fully participated. Yet the People are most, indecently told not to be " lulled with the pro mise of inquiry already given," though that promise came from a Monarch whose charader is uni versally. revered,, and whose word is entitled to im plicit confidence ! !—Let the People, then, not be misled by the artifice, of Fadion, to pray. 14r what his MAJESTY has promised to grant, but rest assured that a full investigation will take place ; and that if punishment is found to be due, it will properly and effectually be awarded. We noticed, on Saturday last, a most scandalous attack upon the charaCter of Sir ARTHUR WELLES LEY, reSpeaHlg the Battle of Assye, and as the au thors of that attack have shrunk from tie subje&, and- endeavour to find a miserable refuge in hypo thesis and inferences, deduced from premises in vented by themselves, we shodld have let the matter rest, if we did not think it necessary to put a final stop to all malicious misrepresentation on an affair so honourable to Sir ARTHUR by inserting this day an article sent to us by a Correspondent, in which the military tal:mtS and condu& of that gallant Officer are placed in such a point `of view as may, perhaps, s ilence even the malevolence of his, secret enemies, at least upon this occasion. We cannot, however, drop the . subjeei Without expressing our abhorrence Of the full exLvit of that malevolence, since, in order to defame Sir Axrnu4, his enemies have not been content with a biiskt . attaa v - pon him, for which pur- »:t- - pose they , took a leap from Portugal to India, but have coupled their abuse of him with an infamous charge against his brother, Marquis WELLESLEY, whom they accuse of having f` threatened the Na bob of the Carnatic with death;" an accusation which has not a shadow of.argument to support it; which nobody dares to bring forward before a proper tri bunal ; and which is totally destitute of truth, To what despicable expedients will not party spirit and secret malignity resort ! A vessel has arrived from the River Plate, in three months, which brings an , account of the most cor dial understanding having been restored between the, Spaniards at Buenos Ayres and the natives of this country ; and Government, we learn, have received some propositions which are calculated to consolit. date this understanding in such a manner as will not', at all interfere with the friendly relations that have, been 'establiOed between the two mother countries in Etirope. Whatever may be the ultimate arrange ment respealing,the admihistration of a4irs in that part of the world, 'we have the satisfaaion to learn, , that the influence of France has been entirely put down. The prevailing disposition of the people is, that their independence should be amicably acknow ledged by Spain, under the guarrantee of Great Bri tain, these two to be considered as the favoured nations in regard to all commercial intercourse. Letters from Cadiz to the 22d ult. were received yesterday, Lord WM. BENTINcx arrived there on the 17th, and immediately proceedud for Madrid, via via Seville. Sir R I CHARD Szb#cHasi attended the Admiralty yesterday morning, previous to his leasing town to take on him the command of the Fleet, in the room of Sir JAMES SAUMAItEZ, who, is obliged to resign un . account of ill health. A Meeting of the City of Westminster is to be held on Thursday, to take. into consideration the causes that led to the Convention in Portugal. There was no Court of Aldermen held to day; but after inspecting the Returns of the Meal-weigh ers, the LORD MAYOR ordered the Price of Bread to be raised 2d. per peck. The quartern loaf will then by is. lid. Accounts have been received from Africa, dated August 20, by Mr. JAMES G. JACKSON, Professor of the Arabic and African languages, by a caravan, which performed the journey across the Desert, or Sahara, from Timbrutoo to Moroccb, in 105 days, by which it appears that Mr. PARKE'S Interpreter to the Sultan of Sondan arrived there with the caravan, but neither he nor any other person knew any thing certain in confirmation of Mr. PARKE'S death. The Tuarick and Brabeesh Araos had committed depredations in the neighbourhdod of Timbrutoo. Four hundred load of gum Sondan had arrived at Mogador, from that emporium of central Africa, be sides a large quantity of gold dust, ivory, &c. The only circumstance that affords a colour of probability to the report of Mr. PARKE'S death is, that some time since a fort on the river Niger had been stormed, and all the Christians found there had been put to death; but it is pretty well ascertained that Mr. PARKS was not at that time in the neighbourhood of the Niger. MlPWRE,orPtigwo NAVAL N 17, ter S Pottts ‘ Nieura, OCT. 17.---ArliVed big Snip,Aqpu/se, Hon. Capt. LEGGE, from the Me. dite'rranean, and WaS put under quarantine with tho following" Ships :--Shield, Concord, Naiad, Prompt, Itteison, Favourite, jimphion, Mary, Miles, fiance, Harriet, Magnet, Jane, George, and Cerens, Transports; DuOess of Bedford Store-ship, and Mervina Merchantman., A large Convoy of Ships may likewise be soon expe&ed under the protetion of his Majesty's Silip Thames, from the Mediterranean. f 'Ai - rived his Majesty's Ships Sybelle and Liana 1 from 'a'6-nize. . FALMOUTH, OCT. 15.=--Arrived the Lady Ara. PaCket, Capt. PORTEUS, with Mails from Malts and Gibraltar ; in 20 days from the latter place. 41so arrived the Clzadlotte Transport; captain BRYANT, with troops from Cork. DEAL, OCT. 17.—Arrived his Majesty's Brigs Pandora and 43kodhound fioni a cruize a yandremain in the Downs with a Fleet of Ships of. War,. out* ward-bound Vessels, and Transports with troops Qn board for foreign service. . FROM THE DUTCH PAPERS. gRFUATH; SErr. 28.- , -Yesterday at nine o''elddc in the morning arrived here his Majesty the Emperor of the Faallou. The Commandant of the town/ the Magistrates, and Deputies of the Livery; the Uni' versity, and th 9 Clergy, net him without the gates ;.! the President of the'Sen:ite tendered him the begs of the gates of the city, and presented an Address expressing the fidelity and attachment of the inhal bitants to his person and government.-.,-The Emr. .peror' having perused the Address, and testified bis . satisfatiion, entered the town on horseback inuid4 t-he - firing of guns, ringing of bells, and joytui acs clamations of the inhabitants, and alighted at the hotel prePared for his reception. soon after the Emperor mounted his horse again to pay a visit tq his Majesty the King of SaxotiY, whq arrived Kg tr the preceding day. He afterwards inspeded tbe i troops quarter e d i n t hi s town, and then proceeded on horseback on the road to Weimar, to 'tneet hi* Imperial Majesty the Emperor of ItussrA.. About three o'clock in the afternoon the two great 'A/1 0 '" narchs entered the town on horseback, attended by -7(y • a great number of persons of the first. distinction, and escurted by two regiments of foot and Iwo regi ments of horse. At night the whole town was 4" iamitured, At 'Weimar 300 men of the Imperial 4 4 94ir Guards are expetted. His Majesty the King of WESTrIiALIA, hi 4 rial Highness the Grand alke CONSTANTINE, and the Duke and Hereditary P-rince of Wgi*Aß, 401 arrived in this place. PARIs, OCT. 3..--,The clay before yesterday arr ive d here the 76th . Regiment on its march to Spain t l !* is the last regiment which is ; to prwpectirnm too grand army to that country. On the 30th ult. the corpse of the late General and Senator BEGINNA4. Was conveyed to the Churchof St. Thomas A qu i nas w h epce it is to b,e Nwpv94 to the Pantheon. Saturday morning, at ten o'clock, his Royal Highness the Prince of WALES had a Naval Levee, at the Lieutenant-Governor's, when Admirals OT WAY, TYLER, and 21 Captains of the Royal Navy, were introduced to him by Admiral MONTAGU. The Rev. GEO. CUTHBERT, Mayor of Portsmouth, and Chaplain to his Royal Highness, afterwards waited upon him.—His Royal Highness afterwards went to the Dock-yard to witness the embarkation of two more troops of his regiment. The m oment h e. ap peared on the wharf, the_men who had embarked gave his Royal Highness three cheers, at which he appeared highly ,gratified : they were returned by , the spectators. After the two troops had embarked, and before any of the transports were hauled'off from the wharf, his Royal Highness addressed them in a brief bet impressive and energetic speech,which he concluded with saying, " My brave fellows, you are going on a service, where, I am sure, you will do honour to yourselves and credit to me." His Royal Highness then went to South Sea Common, where he reviewed the Royal Artillery, the King's German Legion, Horse Artillery (twin Porchester), the Lancashire, Oxford, West Essex, Fifeshire, Worcester, Cheshire, and Durham Regi ments of Militia. Gen. PORTER'S Brigade came over from Gosport in boats belonging to the Dock yard.• General WHETHAM commanded the whole. The troops performed their evolutions much to the satisfadion of his Royal Highness, and he desired General WtkETHAM to communicate the same to the respeaive Commanding Officers. His Royal Highness afterwards dined with General WHETHAM Admiral MONTAGU, the Hon. COM missioner GREY, General P , RTER, the Rev. GEORGE CUTHBERT, and several Officers of his Royal High ness's Regiment; were of the party. The other four troops of his Regiment were to embark yes- EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM THE BALTIC, DATE° terday and this day. His Roy a l H ig h ness was to dine with Admiral Mor,rabg yesterday, and this d ay give a " OFF ROGEWICK, SEPT . 28 , 1808. • I believe we are at . length about to abandon the dinner, at the Crown Inn, to Ad m ir a l MONTAGU , blockade of th e R uss i an F leet in, this port, owing L O Cpmmissioner GREY, and the Officers of his Regi- the advanced season of the year, which makes 11 0 merit. To-morrow he will leave Portsmouth for safety-of oar 'own Fleet very precarious, while tho London. The Sprightly Cutter, as we ll as t h e Peacock of the enemy i s secure f rom the possibility of attac g • arrived at Plymouth f ro m t he coast of Sin ,is Since day or two a f ter t h e arr i ta l of Sir Jag !: pa. She SAUMAREZ they have been moored so close to the has brought to Engla n d a Sp an i s h Gentleman corn- beach as to be f astene d w i t h ca b les to the shore; and . missioned to contract for ten thous an d m ili tary sad- I asste'eyou, the Fle e t s i n B rest or Cadiz, dies. This Gentleman reports that a Spani s h army, have•cbSt our brethren so many anxious and trksotue consisting of 70,000 men, was in the vicinity of hours, might be attacked eit it as mu c h probability Vittoria, and in sight of ,th e F ren ch army, with of success as the Ships in Rogew ir k ; . i ,„ ea:, is the whom an engagement was daily expeEted to take universal opinion of every person the Fleet, mot' place. withstanding their willingness to seeond the act'v ° The English squadron are gone pp the River Ta- and enterprising spirit of S[rJ. SaumAiiez, wi'a se gus, and are moored off t h e t own o f Li s b on. The mind has from the beginning la b"' t :ten atixiott,) 4OOO Spanish prisoner s w h o were di sarme d by the • upon ' the attempt ; it has, however, so !m ei .iii'..,.iii'..,l' t French, are embarki ng ,. and will be sent to C a di' z it could never be undertaken till t,.e " c immediately ; they appear to be uncommonly fine side became a complete line of fore Le•.; iuu ; men, and are in high spirits at the idea of being sent enemy have secured themselves reel, anuoyalice to Spain. Si r H. DA4.RYMPLE was expected to l eave Fire-vessels, with booms fix e d ie cues id e labl r Lisbon in two or three days after the sailing of the ()digit - a:ace beyond their Slu e s, so that the ve6. 6 'e : '",, Intelligent. expel' Lion we had of b e i ng able to destroy heio The grand Ballet of Blue Beard was revived with such ineitins is completely at an end. In reel, t l) .'".: great splendour lest night, at Drury Lane 'Theatre has never 'been the least possibility of doireg 1 .1 1 Y 6 and was 'very well received by a numerous au- thing towards the destruction of the e.rtny fr" the dience. ' coriSequence` Of • the' death 'of Mri. tithe of our arrival to 'toe present moment, or % BANNISTER, mother of Mr. RONISTER, Mr. LEWIS may rely on it our gallant Admiral would giobt ...•, performed Marplot in the play of Thv Busy ihdy. , fully hay; Uncleltalien it."; e, • , •,. . „ 1: • •i! On the 24th of last month arrived in Greno ble eight very large waggon s , l oa d e d w i t h the collection of antique statues of the Villa Borghese, purchased .1v his Majesty the Emperor. They chiefly consist: of the Gladiator, the Achilles, the Venus ViCtris, and a vase of an: uncommon size, and are OestkPe 4 far the Atuseum I‘) . apOleon. Wit Lin these last two days, no intelligence of avX moment has been received from Spain. Genera. LEFEBVRE has arrived in Bayonne from that cuuol try, and is daily expeaed in this capital, SEMLIN, SEPT. B.—According to authentic intel ligence received 'from Belgrade, an armis;ice . ?•V concluded on the 17th of last month bet vrety the Turks and Servians. for an indeterminate - enacting in substance, that before the 29th of - 1 ) ) . 1 . month all the b a tt er i es an d re d ou b ts con.itru,';te`. both armies , shall be levelled with the ground ;. Turkish as well as the Servian army Shad ev a " al l Upper Bulgaria within eighteen days at {arcs', 111 farmer proceeding to Adrianople, the latter ~t yon4 the,Moravia, and a free and untnoiested intercoursq and comhmnication restored between'the inUabitants of both banks of the river. This 'armistice was on the t Bth ratified by the Commanding G e n era l s o f bot.i HAMBURGH, SEPT. 30.—His Majesty the King -of DENmAtt& has thrown open the navigation froiri Denmark, and the whole we,terit coast of Norway, to all Danish Ships. But 25 per cent, of the amotiot of the cargo must be deposited, which is torieitedtc: the King, in case that the arrival of the Ship awl, cargo,in Norway cannot be satisfactorily proved.